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UNTTED STATES PATENT @Erica WALWORTH D." CRANE, OF NEI/V YORK, N. Y.

IIVIPROVED RAILWAY-'CAFEIl .To all whom, #may concern:

Be it known thatl, WALWORTH D. CRANE,

l of the city, county, and Stateof New York,

haveinvented certain new and u'seful Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of .Railroad Passenger-Cars; andI do hereby de.

clare that the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Plate I is an interior perspective end vie of my car.

` Plate II is a side sectional View of the interior of the same. a

Plate III is an end and sectional view of the interior of the same.`

My invention embraces several new improvements in the construction and arrangey ment of the interior of passengercars,designed to promote the convenience, comfort, and security of passengers, relating to the construction of the seats, a receptacle for thesecure deposit of small luggage, and to a device for more conveniently announcing the stations, changes of cars, Ste., by the brakeman to the passengers in the cars.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same. y y

Every traveler on our railroadcars has eX- perienced more or less inconvenience from the want of a safe and convenient depository for such small articles, parcels, satchels, shawls, books, papers, 85e., as he may not desire to place in the baggage-car-a depository in which such articles will be safe from the depredations of thieves and the careless mistakes of fellow-passengers.

This inconvenience I propose to remedy, by

constructing over each seat a safe or locker, A.

The manner in which I do it is fully represented in the several drawings, a careful cxamination of which will render a detailed description here unnecessary."

As will be seen, there is convenient room V for this locker on each side of the car, between the roof and the top of the window, the bottom resting 011 the cross-beams a of the car, and the top reaching to the roof.

The sides of the car may form the outer walls of the locker, -which may occupy laterally about one-third of the width of the car, and the whole may be made of interwoven metal wire, as shown in the drawings, or, if preferred, it may be made of metal plates, or of wood.

The door ofthe locker may be placed on the sides, as'seen in Plate I, and Figures 5 and 6 of Plate III, or at the end, as shown in Figures 10, ll, 12, and 13 of Plate II.

The door should be furnished with a secure lock, the key of which can be in. the posses- -sion of the passenger while he occupies the locker, and left by him when he vacates it.

In Plate IIIy are representedtwo descriptions of lockers, one, A1, adapted to the curved form of roof, and the other, A2, to the Monitor roof.

In Plate I and Figs. 5 and 6 of Plate III, where the locker is combined with the Monitor roof, it is shown that there is room for two lockers abreast.

This division may or may not be made, at the option of the manufacturer.

The advantage and convenience of such a depository for parcels in a railroad-car, must be obvious at a glance.

I do not intend to limit myself to the precise mode here described and represented, of constructing the locker, either as to form or ma terials. Any other may be adopted, adhering only to the essential peculiarity of my inven` tion, to-Wit, combining, with a railroad-car body, over and in convenient proximity to the car-seat, a receptacle for parcels, so constructedfthat it may be securely closed and locked, substantially as described.

Another improvement relates to modifications and improvements in the car-seats.

In the limited space between the seats, as ordinarily arranged in passenger railroad-cars, a person cannot pass into or out of the wallseat while the outer seat is occupied, the occupant of the latter having usually to vacate it and step out into the aisle, which occasions much annoyance.

To obviate this inconvenience,I so construct the seat-bottom that it may be swung up and back, thus enabling the occupant, by merely rising, turning up his seat, and leaning back, to permit a person to pass.

I am aware that seats for assembly-rooms and other places have been so made as to allow the bottom to swing up, for a purpose similar to the one above indicated, but all of which I have knowledge, are constructed to swing only one way, the back of the seat being fixed. As car-seats, however, are made reversible, to face either way, a seat-bottom constructed to swing up only one way would not be suitable.

The seat-bottom, as made by me, is plainly shown in Plate II, letter B.

The frame b of the seat-bottom may be made of either iron or wood, in the usual way, and upholstered in the ordinary manner.

In each end, and a short distance from the corner, are fixed ears c, that rest in slotted bearings d, made in projections on the inner side of the seat-frame.

These seeurel y sustain the seat bottom when down in its place, and at the same time permit it to .be swung upward and backward either way, thus adapting it to the reversible back.

The back of the seat, as is shown in the drawings, is constructed and attached to the seatframe in the ordinary manner, permitting it to be reversed.

I do not intend to claim broadly a seat-loottom, made movable, to swing up and back on pivots, but only when such bottom is made to Swing either way, and combined with a reversible seat, as shown.

My remaining improvement consists in combining, with a passenger-car, speakingtubes D and D', one opening out at each end of the car, having its mouth-piece conveniently arranged to allow a person to speak through it, while standing on the platform, from thence running into the ear, and along the roof or side, to near the center, where it terminates with a trumpet-mouth, opening downward, if attached to the roof, 0r inward, if attached to the side.

The tube may be made of metal or other suitable material.

This will enable the brakennan or other earattendant to announce the stations or change of cars without opening the door, which is often annoying, by allowing` cinders or cold air to enter, and the announcement made through such a tube will be more distinctly heard by all in the ear than when made, as is customary, at the door.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The locker A, when arranged within a railroad-ear, over the seat, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The movable car-seat bottom B, when made to swing upward either way, and combined with a reversible car-seat back, substantially as and for the purpose specied.

3. The speaking-tubes Dand D,one or both, when arranged in a railroad passenger-ear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WALVORTH l). CRANE.

Witnesses:

J. P. FITCH, Tiros. A. MAs'rEnsoN. 

